Learning Styles/ Personality Types

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Learning Styles/ Personality Types

• Florida and the Islands Comprehensive Center

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Brain research confirms what experienced
teachers have always known

• No two children are alike
• No two children learn in the identical way
• An enriched environment for one student is not
  necessarily enriched for another
• In the classroom we should teach children to
  think for themselves
• Marian Diamond

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Why should I care about learning styles?

• The way a child learns affects his/her entire
  personality and development.
• Understanding learning styles will help teachers
  and students to better communicate.
• Understanding learning styles will help teachers
  to differentiate instruction.

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What is a learning style?

• A learning style is
• a way to take in and process information
• a preference that gets stronger the more it is
  used
• the way the mind operates
• the way we learn!

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Sensing Thinking Learner(ST)

• Likes
• Immediate responses and feedback
• Details and sequential order
• Hands-on activities with a specific, correct
  answer
• Clear, concise, step-by-step directions
• Knowing exact expectations why something has to
  be done, and how well it is to be done
• Drill and practice

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Intuitive Thinking Learner (NT)

• Likes
• Planning and organizing before working
• Working independently
• Analyzing and examining pros and cons
• Arguing and debating
• Thinking about ideas and how they are related
• Finding/designing a new way to do something
• Logical and strategic games

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Intuitive Feeling Learner(NF)

• Likes
• Learning without time constraints
• Praise for personal ideas and insights
• Using creativity and imagination
• Open-ended activities with many possibilities
• Working on many things at once
• Self-expression and self-discovery
• Creative and artistic activities

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Sensing Feeling Learner(SF)

• Likes
• Getting personal attention and praise
• Sharing feelings and experiences
• Working in groups/being part of a team
• Having someone show how to do something
• Role-playing and personal expression
• Non-competitive games where no one loses
• Interpersonal activities opportunities to learn
  about himself/herself

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What is your learning style?

• Sensing Thinking (ST)
• Intuitive Thinking (NT)
• Intuitive Feeling (NF)
• Sensing Feeling (SF)

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Questions

• Sensing Thinking (ST) WHAT?
• Intuitive Thinking (NT) WHY?
• Intuitive Feeling (NF) WHAT IF?
• Sensing Feeling (SF) WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO ME?

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In A Nutshell

• No one learning style is better than another.
• We all have characteristics of each learning
  style some characteristics are just stronger
  than others.
• Learning about each style will help us to better
  understand and communicate with our students.
• Knowing about each learning style will help
  teachers to better understand how students learn
  and how to differentiate instruction.